Bengali Cinema’s Genial Charmer Published @ Indian Express A You Tube still from Tarun Majumdar’s cult classic Sriman Prithwiraj Tarun Majumdar’s films tapped into the everyday yearnings of people in Bengal. But his craft slipped in the 1980s. By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Jul 7, 2022 | Tags: Calcutta, Cinema, Tribute | Read More
মামুলি হয়ে ওঠে মহাকাব্যিক (On Joyce’s Ulysses) Published @ Anandabazaar Patrika Ulysses, definitive edition, 1961… By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Jun 25, 2022 | Tags: Centenary, Homage, Literature | Read More
সুরক্ষিত বায়োপিক (An Antiseptic Homage) Published @ Daakbangla A Still from Aneek Dutta’s Aporajito (2022)… By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Jun 11, 2022 | Tags: Film Review | Read More
দেশটা তা হলে জড়ভারত? (Is India now Stillborn) Published @ Anandabazar Patrika Courtesy Getty Images… By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Apr 23, 2022 | Tags: Politics, populism, Rightwing | Read More
TMC is Much Like the Left’ Published @ Indian Express T-shirts with images of Mamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi and logo of CPI (M). Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri The party has virtually no opposition in West Bengal. This has led to an entrenchment of violent elements. By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Mar 26, 2022 | Tags: Bengal, Politics | Read More
Using Art for the Cause of Hate Published @ Deccan Herald An artwork based on the film’s poster The brazen display of animosity in Kashmir Files is part of a crafty political narrative that would further embolden polarization. By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Mar 19, 2022 | Tags: Cinema, Opinion | Read More
Stuck in Stereotype and Slapstick Published @ Indian Express Narayan Debnath’s comic world was rich, but full of stilted, repetitive adolescent pranks and clichés. By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Jan 24, 2022 | Tags: caricature, Comics | Read More
রোমান্টিক জুটি নামক খাঁচা থেকে মুক্তি (Bengali cinema’s iconic screen pair must be liberated) Published @ Anandabazaar Patrika Centenary Supplement By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Dec 29, 2021 | Tags: Bengali Cinema, Uttam Kumar | Read More
A Legendary Legacy Published @ Biblio- A Review of Books By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Dec 1, 2021 | Tags: Satyajit Ray, Sukumar Ray | Read More
The Splendid Indeterminacy of Shoojit Sircar’s mellow dramas Published @ Critical Collective A still from Shoojit Sircar’s Sardar Udham A look at how the director confronts and confounds genre expectations while working within the confines of mainstream Hindi cinema. By Sayandeb Chowdhury | Nov 15, 2021 | Tags: Cinema, Popular Cinema | Read More